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Tuesday, 28 October 2014

South Africa beats Namibia in Dota 2

Ion Todd could not ask for a better 21st birthday present!

Ion Todd (from Cape Town) is the captain of South Africa's MWEB Dota
2 Protea Team which played against Namibia in an IeSF Test Match on
Saturday, 25 October 2014 in a bid to ready itself for the IeSF's
2014 World Championships to be held in Baku from 12 to 17 November
2014.

The MWEB Dota 2 Protea Team is now beginning to look almost
like a veteran team of cyber-athletes. After having
previously pitted their strength against Egypt and Finland
in two IeSF Test Matches, the team has learnt many valuable
lessons and has been able to sort out many of the weaknesses
that they may have had.

It was clear right from the onset that the South African
team had the upper hand, although the Namibian team captain,
Johan Otto, proved to be no slouch and lead one defiant
attack after another.

However, the South African team brushed off the attacks
and slowly and deliberately built up their attack. By the
time that South Africa was ready, Timothy van Reenen
Mostert was almost unassailable on the field of play. With
Timothy working in close co-operation with Dylan
Henderson, there was little that the hapless Namibians
could do to stop the rampant South African team. As a
result, South Africa won both games to take a 2 - 0
victory. South Africa won the first game 37 -14 and won
the second game 48 - 30.

Not only that, but the game held at MWEB's MCave saw each
of the five South African player's earn their sixth cap.

The awarding of the sixth cap means that this team is
without doubt the most internationally tested Dota 2 team
that will depart South Africa for the IeSF's 6th eSport
World Championships in Baku.

Thanks to the governing Sports Body, Minds Sports South
Africa (MSSA) and the support given by MWEB Gaming , the
South African participation in such test matches is
becoming a regular occurrence.

With eSports now recognised as a fully recognised sport by
both SASCOC and the government, gaming is now taken more
seriously than ever before. Already gaming has been
included into the Asian Games by the Asian Olympic
Committee.

Test matches between South Africa and Namibia are al;ways
entertaining with a great deal of honour on the line.

Since 1997,
MWEB has been championing a free web in South Africa. It
has led the industry from the start with the
introduction of the Internet to South Africans to the
launch of South Africa’s first Uncapped ADSL product.
Today, MWEB provides Internet connectivity and solutions
for home users, business owners and large corporates.

Dedicated to
constantly driving change in the industry and deploying
world class research and development teams, MWEB is
focused on removing all barriers to Internet
connectivity and services to positively impact its
customers and broaden the South African Internet
landscape.

MWEB is
owned by JSE-listed MultiChoice South Africa Holdings
Limited, a Naspers Limited subsidiary that has more than
30% Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment shareholders.

About
Mind Sports South Africa

Mind Sports
South Africa (MSSA) is an affiliate of the South African
Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee.

The MSSA is
responsible for the good governance and promotion of
Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers,
Draughts, Morabaraba, etc.), Card games, eSports
(whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s,
personal computers or similar), and Historical figure
games (also known as wargames)